Rabbah in the Bible
Meaning: great; powerful; contentious
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Because you did that, I, the Lord, affirm that a time is coming when I will make Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, hear the sound of the battle cry. It will become a mound covered with ruins. Its villages will be burned to the ground. Then Israel will take back its land from those who took their land from them. I, the Lord, affirm it!
Wail, you people in Heshbon, because Ai in Ammon is destroyed. Cry out in anguish, you people in the villages surrounding Rabbah. Put on sackcloth and cry out in mourning. Run about covered with gashes. For your god Milcom will go into exile along with his priests and officials.
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the Ammonites » Chief cities of » Rabbah
Rabbah » Also called rabbath » Possessed again by the ammonites; prophesied against
and it will consume its citadels.
There will be shouting on the day of battle
and a violent wind on the day of the storm.
Rabbah » Also called rabbath » Captured by david
So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; he fought against it and captured it. He took the crown from the head of their king, and it was [placed] on David's head. The crown weighed 75 pounds of gold, and it had a precious stone [in it]. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder from the city. He removed the people who were in the city and put [them to work] with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to labor at brickmaking. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Rabbah » Also called rabbath » A city east of the jordan river, originally belonging to the ammonites
Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites to Aroer, near Rabbah;
Rabbah » A city » A city in the territory of the tribe of judah
Rabbah » Also called rabbath » Bedstead of the giant named og, kept at
Siege » Instances of » Rabbah
Sieges » Mentioned in scripture » Rabbah
So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; he fought against it and captured it.